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论文题目:《雾都孤儿》里男主角的遭遇背后所显现的社会背景

Social Reality behind the Protagonist’s Misfortune Revealed in OliverTwist 学院：外国语学院

专业: 英语二学位

授课语种:英语

学生姓名:王静雨

指导老师姓名: 春光

2015年12月13日

本科毕业论文（设计）目录

Abstract---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1

摘要--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2

I. Introduction------------------------------------------------------------------------------3

II.Analysis of the?Oliver Twist--------------------------------------------------------3

1. The story line

2.Personality of the protagonist

3.Social background

III.SocialFactorsbehind the Phenomenon of Life------------------------------8

1.The workhouse system

2.Criminal gangs

3. Childrenlivingin the lowerof society

IV.Conclusion---------------------------------------------------------------------------11

Bibliography?--------------------------------------------------------------------------13

Social Reality behind T he Protagonist’s Misfortune Revealed

In Oliver Twist

Abstract

Oliver Twist?is a famous bookwritten byCharles Dickens, who is a greatcriticalrealist in English literature. It mainly describes the miserable life of Oliver Twist, who was the titular protagonist ofthenovel and an orphan living in a London workhouse.

ThispapermainlyanalyzesOliver’s character andthe social background of the 19th-century Britain, which is also known as the Victorian age.After a close examination of the protagonist and the social picture depicted in the book, the paper pins down the major social factors that led to the ups and downs of Oliver’s life experiences.

This paper is divided into four parts. The first part is an introduction, which gives a brief account of the novel?Oliver Twist and its author Charles Dickens. The second part analyzes the plot development of Oliver Twist, the character of its protagonist and the social background reflected in the novel. The third part points out that the workhouse system was a failure; the criminal gang was caused by poverty and child labor was a reflection of maltreatment of children prevalent at that time in British history. The final part is conclusion, which generalizes the story line of the novel into a fight between good and evil. Oliver Twist represents the good

side of society while Fagin and other gang leaders as well as the workhouse management stand for evil forces. The happy ending shows Dickens’

wishes for reform and a better world.

Keywords:Oliver Twist social reality character

摘要

《雾都孤儿》是着名英国作家查尔斯·狄更斯的小说。狄更斯是英国文学界的批判现实主义作家。它主要描述了与该书同名的主人公奥利弗的悲惨遭遇。奥利弗是个孤儿，住在伦敦的一所贫民工棚中。

本论文重点分析了奥利弗的性格和十九世纪维多利亚时期英国的社会背景。在详细分析了该书的主人公以及书中所描述的社会背景之后，论文又着重列出了造成奥利弗起伏跌宕的人生经历的社会原因。

本论文分为四部分。第一部分是引言，简要介绍了《雾都孤儿》这部作品以及它的作者狄更斯。第二部分重点分析了该书的情节发展、主人公的性格以及书中所展示的社会画面。论文的第三部分指出，贫民工棚并未达到其预期的目的；都市犯罪团伙是由贫困造成的；童工的使用反映了英国历史上某个时期虐待儿童的做法。论文最后是结语部分，指出善与恶的斗争贯穿了奥利弗人生故事的始终。奥利弗代表了社会上向善的力量，而贫民工棚的管理层以及费金和其他的盗窃团伙头目代表了邪恶势力。故事的结局是皆大欢喜，这代表了狄更斯对社会改革和美好生活的向往。

【关键词】《雾都孤儿》社会的现实性格

I. Introduction

Oliver Twist is an 1838 novel bythe famous English writerCharles Dickens. It was originally published as a serialin a magazine.

Oliver Twist, formerly knownas “OliverBlogs”, is the second novel of

Dickens,protesting against social injustice.The author describedthe life of London slumsandthe courageof the poorto face life.The author of this novelaimedtoarousepublic awareness of social prob lemsso as to stage somesocial reform. That is why Dickens was defined as “the founder of English literarycritical realism and one ofitsgreatest representatives”.